Astuto, M. — Ingelmo, P.

ISBN-13: 9783319219592

SPRINGER

Description

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current practices in pediatric
perioperative care.

Current knowledge on vascular and nonvascular access, regional anesthesia,
and noninvasive cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring is described. The
prevention and treatment of postoperative pain and unsettled behavior after
surgery, as well as the long-term consequences of anesthesia and surgery are
discussed. Prevention of chronic postsurgical pain and the brain damage that
may be associated with anesthesia and surgery are also considered.

The opening section is dedicated to patient care prior to surgery and includes
preoperative assessment and preparation. Care in the intraoperative period is
then described, including the appropriate care when performing surgery in different
locations and in various specialties, such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery,
thoracic surgery, and abdominal and urological surgery. The subsequent section
addresses perioperative care in children with special conditions, such as difficult
airway, metabolic or neuromuscular diseases, or cancer. The remainder of the
book is devoted to a range of further important topics and postoperative care.

Feature:

Provides a comprehensive resource for anesthesiologists, pediatricians,
and surgeons

Explains the care required when performing surgery in different locations
and specialties and in children with special conditions

Includes new topics such as the prevention of chronic postsurgical pain

Contents

Introduction.- Perioperative medicine and anesthesia.- PART I Perioperative
care before surgery.- Preoperative evaluation.- Preoperative preparation.- Prehospital
care and transport.- PART II Perioperative care during surgery.- Perioperative
care in day hospital surgery.- Perioperative care in remote locations.- Perioperative
care in orthopedic surgery.- Perioperative care of the neurosurgical patient.-
Perioperative care in thoracic surgery.- Perioperative care in abdominal and
urological surgery.- PART III Perioperative care in special situations and conditions.-
Perioperative care of children with difficult airway.- Perioperative care of
children with neuromuscular disease.- Perioperative care of children with metabolic
disease.- Perioperative care in children with congenital heart disease.- Perioperative
care of children with OSA.- Perioperative care of children with trauma.- Perioperative
care of children with cancer.- Perioperative care of children with cerebral
palsy and behavioural problems.- PART IV Important techniques for perioperative
care.- Vascular and nonvascular access in the perioperative period.- US-guided
nerve targets.- Noninvasive hemodynamic and respiratory monitoring during the
perioperative period.- PART V. Early and long term consequences of anesthesia
and surgery.- Negative behavior after surgery.- Acute pain prevention and control.-
How to protect the infant brain during surgery .- Can anesthesia induce apoptosis
in children?- Long-term consequences of anesthesia and surgery on the infant
brain.- Prevention of chronic postsurgical pain.

Authors

Marinella Astuto is Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Director of the School
of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Catania, Italy. She has
conducted research in anesthesiology since 1980 and has collaborated with various
national and international centers. Dr. Astuto is current President of the Italian
Society for Neonatal and Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI) and
is a member of different study groups of the Italian Society for Anesthesia,
Analgesics, and Intensive Care (SIAARTI).

She has edited two previous Springer books, Basics: Anesthesia Intensive Care
and Pain in Neonates and Children (2009) and Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive
Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice (2013) and in total has
more than 150 publications to her name, including numerous original articles
and book chapters.

Pablo Mauricio Ingelmo is Assistant Professor at the McGill University, Director
of Continuous Medical Education of the Department of Anesthesia and Director
of the Chronic Pain Service at Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada. Dr. Ingelmo
completed his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and
at the Universita degli Study di Milano. He specialized in anesthesia, Intensive
Care, and Pain treatment at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Milano-Bicocca
University in Italy. He was assistant professor of Anesthesia at the University
of Buenos Aires and at the Milano-Bicocca University. Italy. McGill

University. He was director of the acute pain program at the National Pediatric
Hospital Dr. Pedro E Garrahan. Buenos Aires. Argentina and Director of Pediatric
anesthesia and Pain treatment Service. San Gerardo Hospital. Monza. Italy. Dr.
Ingelmo is a member of the Italian Society for Neonatal and Pediatric Anesthesia
and Intensive Care (SARNePI) study group on preoperative evaluation and of the
SARNePI executive board. He is the author of many journal articles and of six
book in pediatric anesthesia.